Everything we loved at Paris Fashion Week AW26 so far

Fashion month has already taken us from the polished runways of New York to London’s experimental edge and Milan’s high-gloss glamour. But Paris, as always, holds the final and most anticipated chapter. With a packed nine-day schedule (nearly double the length of its counterparts), the city’s Autumn/Winter 2026 edition promises a blockbuster finale. The week is set to deliver several headline moments–from Jonathan Anderson continuing to shape Dior to Pieter Mulier’s much-anticipated final show at Alaia. Heavyweights like Loewe, Givenchy, Balenciaga, and Celine also return to the Paris runway, while Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu close the week with what are sure to be blockbuster finales. It’s a calendar brimming with anticipation. Because when it comes to fashion, the biggest stories still unfold in Paris.  

Below are some of our favourite moments from Paris Fashion Week AW26. 

Christian Dior

Jonathan Anderson continued his reinvention of Dior with a sun-drenched show staged in the Tuileries Garden, where a glass runway encircled the park’s historic basin dotted with water lilies. The setting nodded to the garden’s royal past under Louis XIV, the Sun King–a fitting backdrop for Anderson’s growing fascination with 18th-century dressing.

His Dior woman this season moved between aristocratic codes and everyday ease. Deconstructed frock coats, peplum jackets, and bustle skirts appeared in candied almond hues, Chantilly lace, and metallic jacquards, while softer silhouettes–lampshade skirts in shearling, sculptural knits, and airy pleated cage dresses–added a sense of lightness. Anderson also introduced more approachable pieces into the mix: hammered silk track pants trimmed with bridal buttons, ribbon-embroidered jeans, and robe coats worn as dresses. The effect felt both historical and pragmatic, as if Dior’s grand couture language had been gently loosened for daylight. With each outing, Anderson’s Dior is becoming clearer: romantic, experimental, and deliberately unfinished. J’adore!

Saint Laurent

Anthony Vaccarello returned to one of Saint Laurent’s most enduring symbols this season: 'Le Smoking'. Sixty years after Yves Saint Laurent first scandalised Paris with the women’s tuxedo, Vaccarello proved the silhouette still carries its electric charge. His Fall/Winter 2026 collection leaned into razor-sharp tailoring, with elongated jackets, plunging necklines, and fluid pinstripe suits that brought the tuxedo out of evening and into daylight.

Elsewhere, sensuality took unexpected forms. Lace was hardened with latex and cut into sleek jackets and pencil skirts, while whisper-thin slip dresses appeared in offbeat colour combinations that felt unmistakably Saint Laurent. Between the tailoring, Vaccarello slipped in moments of drama–enveloping shearling coats, batwing bombers, and medieval-tinged tunics belted low on the hips. The message was clear: the tuxedo remains the house’s most powerful weapon. Under Vaccarello’s precise eye, it feels less like nostalgia and more like a living code–sharp, seductive, and still unmistakably Saint Laurent.

Lead image: Dior

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